#3474
British Rail Class 419
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by BR Eastleigh· from 1959· class of 10 electric/battery-electric luggage vans
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class419: Benoanddodo· Attribution
- 2. The East Kent Railway EMU Gala 10: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Class 419 091 MLV @ BM 120598: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Class 419; AF-1A 68003: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Class 419; AF-1A 68005: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Class 419; AF-1A 68006 - 24869210451: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Class 419; AF-1A 68006 - 8705561540: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Class 419; AF-1A 68006: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Class 419; AF-1A 68008: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Stored withdrawn Class 419 MLVs BM 120598: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 419 Motor Luggage Vans (or MLV) were battery electric multiple unit cars built from 1959-61 by BR at Eastleigh Works.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 45 years (1959–2004).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- retired
- 2004
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- battery
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- BR Eastleigh
- operators
- British Rail
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single car
- length
- 19.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970801, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 419 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.